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With all due respect, the old Main Stand could be pretty quiet. Now it’s a lot more boisterous.

We’ve got some great home games to look forward to with the likes of Arsenal, Man City, Everton and Chelsea yet to visit Anfield.

Klopp's Liverpool remind me of the class of 87/88, we're right in the title mix

Watching Sunday’s 6-1 hiding of Watford reminded me of the great Liverpool team I played in back in 1987/88.

There are similarities with the passing, the movement and the interplay of the front four then compared to now.

With Peter Beardsley, John Barnes, Ray Houghton and myself, we had flexible positions. I was the out and out goalscorer but now it’s a real mix with Roberto Firmino, Philippe Coutinho, Sadio Mane and Adam Lallana all chipping in.

It’s exceptional to watch. When we play well it’s very hard for teams to stop us.

It’s a tricky one for opponents. Do they try to take us on and risk getting thrashed like Watford?

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Or do they try to shut up shop and play anti-football against us like Manchester United did at Anfield? The only reason they escaped with a point was because their keeper pulled off a couple of worldies on a night when we weren’t at our absolute best.

Watford gambled by playing two up front, gave us space to play and we took full advantage. We scored six and could have had 10.

Like Jurgen Klopp said, we can’t get carried away by going top. There’s a long way to go and we’ve had false dawns in the past.

But we’re right in the mix. We’re there on merit. We’ve been the best team over the first quarter of the season. We need to keep going, hold our nerve and be brave.

We were in a title race back in 2013/14 but the big difference then was that we had Luis Suarez who was frighteningly good. He was winning us games single handedly.

The likes of Daniel Sturridge , Steven Gerrard and Raheem Sterling were buzzing off Suarez. Now we’ve got four players doing that for us and it’s great to watch.

This is more of a team. It’s not about one player. They have got belief in each other and we’re getting goals from all over the place.